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FAMOUS
GUNS
Fromthe
SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION
by
Hank
Wieand
Bowman
A
FAWCm
BOOK
•
NUMBER
624
LARRY
EISINGER
•
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
GEORGE
TILTON
•
MANAGING
EDITOR
SILVIO
LEMBO
•
ART
EDITORNICK
CARLUCCI
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ASSOC.
ART
EDITOR
W. H. Fawcett, Jr••
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PresidentRoger Fawcett • • • • • Genera1 ManagerDonald P. Hanson • •AssistantGeneral ManagerGordon Fawcett • Secretary-
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reosurer
Roscoe Fawcett • Circulation DirectorRalph Daigh • • •• • • Vice President
George
H.
Carl· Production DirectorAIAllard
••••••
• • . • • Art DirectorRalph Mattison • • • • Associate Art DirectorAnnette
C.
Packer.
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JAMES WYCKOff
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FAMOUS GUNS FROM THE
SMITHSONIAN
COLlECT.ION,
Fawcett
Book 624
is
published
by
Fawcett Publications,
Inc.,Greenwich,
Conn. Editorial
and
Advertising Offices: 67
West
4.oIth
Street,
New
York, New York 10036, General Offices,
"
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Greenwich,
Connecticut
06830.
Printed in
U.S.A.Copyright
©
1966
by
Fawcett
Publication.,
Inc,
FAMOUS GUNS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION i,
registered
in the U. S. Patent
Office.
Printed
by
Fawcelt-Haynes
Printing
Corp.,
louisville,
Ky.
Fawcett Publications,
Inc.,
is a
member
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historian
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national
magazines,
and
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numerousbooks
on
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subject,
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half
dozen
of
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